Reading Standards This Year:

Reading Literature

• I can ask questions about the key details in a text.

• I can answer questions about the key details in a text.

• I can explain that key details are an important part of a text.

• I can retell stories using key details.

• I can use words and pictures to tell about the central message.

• I can use key details to describe the characters in a story.

• I can use key details to describe the setting of a story.

• I can use key details to describe the major events in a story.

• I can identify the five senses.

• I can identify words and phrases in text that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

• I can read or listen to books that tell stories.

• I can read or listen to books that give information.

• I can explain the differences between books that tell stories and books that give information.

• I can identify who is telling the story at any point.

Writing Standards This Year:

• I can write about a topic.

• I can answer questions about my writing.

• I can listen to ideas my teachers and peers have about my writing.

• I can add details that will help the reader understand my topic.

• I can choose a topic and identify facts to share.

• I can write an informative piece with a topic, facts, and an ending sentence.

• I can place story events in the correct order.

• I can write a story with events placed in the correct order.

• I can use details to describe what happened in my story.

• I can use time words (before, during, and after) to show events in my story.

• I can write an ending for my story that provides a sense of closure.

• I can understand that time is divided into past, present, and future.

• I can understand primary sources of history.

• I can use photographs, letters, artifacts, and books to learn about the past.

• I can ask questions and make observations.

• I can use science tools.

• I can use maps to locate and identify places.

• I can understand that physical characteristics are landforms and bodies of water.

• I can understand that human characteristics are structures built by people

• I know the five senses and the function of each.

• I can identify the parts of the tooth.

• I can demonstrate the procedures for proper dental care.